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CONSTITUTION 


OF  THE 


CHURCH  BUILDING  SOCIETY 


OF  THE 


DIOCESE  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, 


ORGANIZED  MAT  23,  1856. 


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CONSTITUTION 


OF  THE 


CHURCH  BUILDING  SOCIETY 


OP  THE 


DIOCESE  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, 


ORGANIZED  MIT  23,  1856. 


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FEINTED  BY  EDWARD  J.  HALE  &  BON. 

1856. 


CONSTITUTION. 


AETICLE  I.— Title. 

This  Society  shall  be  called  the  Church  Building  Society 
of  the  Diocese  of  2sTorth  Carolina. 

AETICLE  II.— Membership. 

It  shall  be  composed  of  the  Bishop  and  Clergy  of  the  Dio- 
cese, with  such  Lay  members  of  the  Church  as  may  be  at  the 
time  subscribers  to  the  amount  of  one  dollar  or  upwards  per 
annum.  Provided,  that  any  person  contributing  twenty-five 
dollars  may  thereby  become  a  life-member. 
AETICLE  HL— Objects, 

The  objects  of  this  Society  are  the  erection,  or  aid  in  erec- 
tion, the  enlargement  or  repair,  of  Churches  or  Chapels  within 
the  Diocese,  for  the  sole  and  secured  use  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 

AETICLE  IV.— Officers. 

§1.  The  Bishop  shall  be,  ex  officio,  President  of  the  Society. 
There  shall  be  also  a  Vice  President,  (who  shall  always  be  a 
Presbyter,)  a  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer, — which  last  shall  al- 
ways be  a  Layman. 

•    §2.  The  said  Officers,  excepting  the  President,  shall  be  elect- 
ed triennially,  by  the  Annual  Council.    In  the  event  of  an 
omission  to  elect,  the  Officers  of  the  preceding  term  shall  con- 
tinue in  office  until  the  election  of  their  successors. 
AETICLE  V.— Council. 

§1,  There  shall  be  an  Annual  Council,  entitled  The  Council 
of  the  Church  Building  Society  of  the  Diocese  of  North  Caro- 
lina, to  consist  of  the  Bishop  and  Clergy  of  the  Diocese,  toge- 


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ther  with  Lay  Kepresentatives  from  the  several  Branch  Socie- 
ties, as  hereinafter  provided. 

§2.  Any  person,  moreover,  may  become  a  life-member  of 
the  Council,  by  the  payment  of  fifty  dollars  to  the  funds  of  the 
Society.  And  every  person  subscribing  ten  dollars  or  upwards, 
per  annum,  shall  be  entitled  to  a  seat  in  the  Council  during  the 
continuance  of  said  annual  subscription. 

§3.  The  Council  shall  meet  at  the  time  and  place  of  the  Di- 
ocesan Convention;  shall  have  the  general  supervision  and  di- 
rection of  the  affairs  of  the  Society,  and  shall  receive  and  pass 
upon  the  reports  of  the  several  Officers. 

§4.  A  majority  present  at  the  time  and  place  of  any  regular 
meeting,  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

§5.  The  Officers  of  the  Council  shall  be  those  of  the  Diocesan 
Society  above  mentioned. 

§6.  The  Secretary  shall  preserve,  in  a  suitable  book,  minutes 
of  all  the  proceedings  of  the  Council,  and  of  general  meetings 
of  the  Society. 

§7.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  the  moneys  collected  by  the 
several  Branch  Societies,  as  well  as  all  other  contributions,  by 
donation,  legacy,  or  otherwise;  shall  invest  or  disburse  them 
according  to  the  directions  of  the  Council,  or  of  the  Committee 
of  Appropriation,  acting  in  subordination  to  the  Council;  shall 
keep  an  account  of  all  such  transactions  in  a  suitable  book,  and 
shall  render,  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Council,  an  account 
of  the  same. 

AETICLE  YI.— Branch  Societies. 

There  may  be  formed  in  any  organized  Parish  of  the  Diocese, 
or  in  any  regular  and  distinct  Missionary  Station,  a  Branch  of 
the  General  Society,  under  the  following  regulations: 

1.  There  shall  be  but  one  Branch  in  any  one  Parish,  or  at 
any  one  Missionary  Station. 

2.  The  several  Branches  shall  be  subordinate  to  the  general     ;i# 
Society  in  Council,  and  bound  by  its  Constitutional  decisions.     -~ 


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3.  Each  Branch  shall  be  presided  over  by  the  Kector  of  the 
Parish:  or  if  it  be  an  independent  Missionary  Station,  then  by 
the  Missionary  in  charge;  or,  if  there  be  neither  Kector  nor 
Missionary,  then  by  a  Chairman,  pro  tempore,  elected  by  a 
majority  of  the  members  of  said  Branch. 

It  shall  be  competent  to  the  several  Branches,  to  appoint 
such  other  officers  as  they  may  deem  desirable. 

4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  Branches,  to  keep  a  re- 
cord of  their  proceedings;  to  collect  the  funds  of  the  Society, 
either  by  subscription,  donation  or  otherwise,  and  remit  the 
same  to  the  general  Treasurer;  and  in  doing  so,  it  shall  be  com- 
petent to  them,  severally,  to  devise  and  adopt  such  measures  as 
they  may  deem  best. 

5.  Each  Branch  Society,  shall  be  entitled  to  send  to  the 
Council,  one  or  more  Lay  Representatives,  not  exceeding  four, 
to  be  chosen  by  said  Branch,  from  among  its  members.  Pro- 
vided, that  no  person  shall  be  the  Representative  of  more  than 
one  Branch,  at  the  same  meeting  of  the  Council. 

ARTICLE  VII. — Committee  of  Appkopkiation. 

§1.  There  shall  be  elected  by  the  Council,  triennially,  (com- 
mencing with  the  present  meeting)  three  Presbyters,  and  three 
Laymen,  who,  together  with  the  Bishop,  shall  constitute  a  Com- 
mittee of  Approbation.  The  Bishop  shall  be  ex  officio  Chair- 
man. In  the  absence  of  the  Bishop,  the  Committee  may  come 
together  upon  the  call  of  any  one  of  its  members,  and  shall  in 
such  case,  elect  a  Chairman  pro  tempore. 

§2.  To  this  Committee,  all  applications  for  aid  must  be  ad- 
dressed, through  its  Chairman;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Committee,  to  consider  all  such  applications, — to  act  thereupon, 
— to  keep  a  minute  of  its  own  proceedings, — and  at  each  annual 
meeting  of  the  Council,  to  report  the  proceedings  of  the  previous 
year. 

§3.  A  majority  of  the  Committee  shall  constitute  a  quorum, 
and  shall  have  power  in  subordination  to  the  Council,  to  make 


appropriations  from  the  funds  of  the  Society.  But  for  any  ap- 
propriation, the  specific  consent,  either  viva  voce  or  in  writing, 
of  a  majority  of  said  Committee,  shall  be  necessary. 

§4.  The  evidence  of  such  consent  to  the  Treasurer,  and  his 
warrant  for  the  disbursement  of  funds  in  his  hands,  shall  be  the 
order  of  the  Committee  signed  by  its  Chairman. 

§5.  There  shall  be  no  appropriation  of  the  funds  of  this 
Society,  towards  any  building,  not  secured  to  the  sole  use  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Diocese  of  North 
Carolina. 

AETICLE  Ym.— Vote  by  Orders. 

In  all  meetings  of  the  Council,  it  shall  be  permitted  to  any 
Clerical  member,  or  to  the  delegation  of  any  Branch  Society, 
to  call  for  a  vote  by  orders,  and  by  Branches;  when  a  majority 
of  both  orders  shall  be  necessary  to  the  decision. 

AETICLE  IX. — Alteration  of  the  Constitution. 

In  order  to  the  alteration  of  this  Constitution,  there  shall  be 
necessary: 

1st.  An  initial  resolution,  introduced  by  consent  of  a  majority 
of  the  Council,  present  at  any  regular  annual  meeting,  by  which 
the  proposed  alteration  shall  be  referred  to  the  next  annual 
meeting. 

2d.  A  final  resolution  at  said  next  annual  meeting,  adopting 
the  proposed  amendment  by  a  majority  of  all  the  members 
present. 

Provided,  That  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  members 
present  at  any  meeting  of  the  Council,  in  which  a  majority  of 
the  Branch  Societies  may  be  represented,  shall  suffice  for  such 
alteration. 


Officers  elected  at  the  First  Annual  Council,  May  1856* 

TERM  OF  OFFICE,  THREE  YEARS. 


PRESIDENT, 

THE  BISHOP,  {ex  officio) 

VICE  PRESIDENT, 

Eev.  R.  B.  DRAKE,  D.  D. 

SECRETARY, 

Rev.  A.  A.  WATSON. 

TREASURER, 

A.  J.  DeROSSET,  Jr.,  M.  D. 

COMMITTEE  OF  APPROPRIATION! 

THE  BISHOP,  ex  officio,  Chairman. 

Rev.  R.  B.  DRAKE,  D.  D. 

Rev.  R.  S.  MASON,  D.  D. 

Rev.  F.  FITZGERALD. 

G.  W.  MORDECAI,  Esq. 

S.  J.  PERSON,  Esq. 

P.  K.  DICKINSON,  Esq. 


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